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Finders, SEEKers // Kemi Nekvapil May 05, 2022

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I'm so excited to present our next miniseries in partnership with SEEK. It has brought so much yay to mix up the format and zoom in on particular facets of seizing your yay, so allow me to introduce Finders, SEEKers.

You've all heard me rave on and on about how life unravels in many different chapters and how the most uncomfortable, scary changes in our lives are usually the most transformative and exciting. One of the many silver linings of an otherwise undesirable few years is the opportunity to clear the slate of habit and obligation to actively SEEK those changes you've always dreamed of.

And there truly is NO better time than now with more jobs around than ever before but less applications per job ad driven by a shortage of candidates. The Great Job Boom is upon us and yet 45% of Aussies are worried their skills and resume won't stack up against other Aussies...

So in Finders, SEEKers, we have a host of amazing guests from coaches to intrapreneurs to help kick those nays to the curb and turn them into yays by making your next move. I'm thrilled to welcome our very first guest, Kemi Nekvapil, who returns to the show for the second time and how lucky we are to have her again...

Go back to episode 50 to hear her full back story, but to recap, Kemi embodies the idea of the non-linear pathway spending her childhood with five different foster families with as many different careers covering stage and TV acting, professional baking and yoga teaching. All before finding her calling as a speaker, coach and author of two brilliant books – The Gift of Asking and, published only recently, Power.

Consider yourselves lucky yayborhood to have an hour of Kemi’s time, her coaching is highly sought after and if you’ve ever been considering making a change towards seizing your yay, she’s the woman you need to hear from...

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Belated birthday Q&A chaos with Ang // Part 2 Apr 27, 2022

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Continued from part 1...

Thank you so much to everyone who submitted questions for the annual birthday Q&A episode and then waited patiently for basically a MONTH while it kept getting pushed back. The spicy cough turned into a very rude and longer-lasting cold that wreaked absolute havoc on my voice box meaning we had to postpone about ten times before finally sitting down to record.

If Ang and I are a little hectic when we record virtually, the Galentines Day episode proved that we're pure chaos when we record in person and this episode was no exception. We did this on a particularly delirious weekend after weeks without seeing each other, so you're literally sitting in on us catching up on everything that happened since the last dose of #yaysofourlives.

True to form, we rambled on for about an hour and a half (I don't even remember what about) so I split this into a two-parter for something a little different this week. It also happened to be a very ideas-heavy catch up where we float some SUPER exciting ideas for the yayborhood over the coming months and we NEED YOUR FEEDBACK.

You'll understand when you hear it, but if you're interested in the P&P session or have a relevant bike story PLEASE send us a DM or email. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy! Part two coming shortly...

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Belated birthday Q&A chaos with Ang // Part 1 Apr 26, 2022

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Michelle Wong // The chemistry behind our cosmetics! Apr 21, 2022

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Hope you had an amazing Easter break and thank you to everyone who submitted questions for our very belated birthday Q&A. As you can hear, I recovered from the spicy cough but somehow caught a cold straight after and still sound like a man, so we delayed it AGAIN which means if you have any extra questions or good news stories for the episode shoot them over this week and we’ll eventually get around to recording it.

In the meantime, I’ve got a ZINGER today for you that I recorded when I sounded much nicer from someone I’ve admired and learnt from for a while now and whose brain I feel very lucky to pick. Today’s guest is the perfect example of the many things at school that we often felt like we’d never find useful in real life, but who has proven that wrong bringing science to the wild world of beauty.

You may know her as Lab Muffin but Michelle Wong is far from a lab rat bringing her credentials (ie a chemistry PhD) to explain what works and what doesn’t in the world of beauty and cosmetics. Think of all the intimidating ingredient names and jargon in the beauty world and Michelle has probably demystified all of them in an approachable, easy to understand way in one of her videos or posts gaining her a booming audience around the world.

Michelle is also a fellow lover of Aussie success story, Bondi Sands, and we run through some of our favourite SCIENCE-BACKED goodies from the new Everyday Skincare range. I hope you learn as much as I did!

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Alison Gordon // From the Army to Antarctica with some animal agriculture in between... Apr 13, 2022

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Well, the spicy cough finally caught up with me but thank goodness I squeezed this one in earlier so I could get it to you before Easter. Today’s guest epitomises everything that gets me excited about life and its many twists and turns plus she's even more special because she was nomi-yay-ted by someone in the yayborhood.

So first off, very big thank you to the lovely Emily de Wiljes for listening to the show and for taking the time to submit this beautiful story. I probably wouldn’t have discovered our guest without you, so I LOVE encouraging you all to whistleblow in the best way possible so that we can shine a light on yayborhood heroes like today's.

Introducing, Alison Gordon who has one of the coolest collection of careers I’ve encountered and is a wonderful reminder of the unexpected ways your dots can connect. From starting out in the Army to becoming an Antarctic and Arctic expedition leader, a surprise connection between Antarctica and maggots then led her into eco-friendly and sustainable dog food.

Every moment of this conversation had me absolutely captivated - Alison is humble, funny and infinitely clever and it was a lovely change to know very little about her before our chat and get to learn everything for the first time along with you guys. I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did...

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CASTA-YAYS // Sole Survivor 2022... Mark Wales!!! Apr 12, 2022

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It's a week late due to the spicy cough finally catching up with me, but here's the final instalment of Casta-yays for this Blood vs Water season with SOLE SURVIVOR, MARK WALES!!!!

So bloody proud of this legendary human and what a joy to sit down and go through some of the behind the scenes reflections of his game with him.

Thank you so much to those who submitted questions too, we got through a bunch of them and I wanted to ask a few of them myself.

Such a full circle moment having only met Mark when he fell in love with my dear friend Sammy during their first season together, so to watch them play this round as a couple and shine so bright was EPIC!

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Michael Theo // Love on the Spectrum Apr 05, 2022

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What a whirlwind few weeks it’s been – I can’t believe it’s already April and I don’t know about you guys but I’m counting down until the Easter break to catch up with myself again. It’s been SO delightful to work with real life people in the flesh and travel around again – of course I’ve gotten overexcited as usual and episodes have been dropping all over the shop between Survivor, #yaysofourlives and the regular schedule BUT I hope it's been keeping things fresh and you on your toes.

I couldn’t be more excited to be back to our regular programming this week with a guest with whom many of us have fallen in love from afar. I didn’t intend it this way but it’s funny how things work out – we recorded this the day after his birthday and a few days before mine AND we’re releasing it now during World Autism Awareness Month kicking off with United Nations-sanctioned World Autism Awareness Day just days ago on April 2.

Yep, I’m SO thrilled to have Netflix’s Love on the Spectrum star, Michael Theo joining us this week. You might remember Ang and I recommended this brilliant show in a #yaysofourlives episode – it’s a wholesome and uplifting docuseries following seven young neurodiverse adults as they explore the wild world of dating.

Michael in particular captured hearts all over the world with his passion for finding his person and constant zingers making his way even onto the Ellen Show and drawing guests on his own podcast Mr A+ like stars from his favourite TV show (and mine, Brooklyn 99). Having only been told about his autism diagnosis at 13 years old, Michael sees his neurodiversity as a gift not a burden and in listening today, I hope you see why…

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CASTA-YAYS // Sammy spills the beans on survival, strategy and sacrifice! Mar 23, 2022

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Lovely yayborhood, you might have seen that we have quite a few friends on the latest season of Survivor (a few of whom you’ve already heard from on the show) and we thought for those of you who find some yay in watching the show it’d be the perfect opportunity to dish up some behind the scenes dirt for you. So, quick heads up for anyone who isn’t a big fan, there’ll be a few bonus episodes during this Blood vs Water season that assume you know the show and rule of the game well (but we’ll still be recording our regular content so no worries if you want to skip past).

For those who do listen, the episodes are right up to date so spoiler alert if you haven’t watched right up until Monday 22nd March. SO thrilled to have my love Samantha Gash join us for a SUPER juicy chat about all things strategy, sacrifice and survival!

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Anna Robards // When one thing turns intu another... From Batchie to business with INTU WELLNESS! Mar 17, 2022

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My goodness it's been a big few weeks and my brain is a little scattered trying to catch up (which you might hear in the episode - I fumbled my way through this one a bit). But we’re back with our regular programming and I’m delighted to have the beautiful Anna Robards here just days after the launch of her very first business.

You might know Anna from Australia’s first ever season of The Bachelor which screened, get this – TEN YEARS AGO THIS YEAR – or SAS Australia which is screening right now. Having never had a proper boyfriend, Anna was originally signed up for Batchie by a friend but left with her now husband and baby daddy, Tim Robards, who was our FIFTH GUEST ever on the show and they’ve both come so far in the past decade.

Anna is, however, so much more than a TV star starting out a successful criminal lawyer, a chapter of her career that she only just closed officially last year. Despite shooting to fame in the very early days of social media, you’ll hear what a strong and balanced head Anna has on her shoulders meaning much of her real life over the past decade has stayed private.

You’ll get to know her a little better here and the pathyay that led her into launching INTU WELLNESS debuting with a Sleep & Skin Renewal – a new super powderand the perfect nightcap to target those over-stimulated multi-taskers who want to wake up reenergised and with hydrated, youthful-looking skin. I hope you enjoy as much as I did!

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The one where we forget to do a quote of the yay... Mar 14, 2022

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We recorded this one a few weeks ago, then I didn't have signal in South Australia unexpectedly so I couldn't upload this episode until now. Neither of us really remember what we talked about (plus so much more has happened in the past two weeks), but hope it brings you some yay anyway!

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